هُوشَع 2

١ 1 «قُولُوا لِإِخْوَتِكُمْ «عَمِّي» وَلِأَخَوَاتِكُمْ «رُحَامَةَ».

“On that day you will call your brothers Ammi, and you will call your sisters Ruhamah.

٢ 2 حَاكِمُوا أُمَّكُمْ حَاكِمُوا، لِأَنَّهَا لَيْسَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِي وَأَنَا لَسْتُ رَجُلَهَا، لِكَيْ تَعْزِلَ زِنَاهَا عَنْ وَجْهِهَا وَفِسْقَهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ ثَدْيَيْهَا،

Condemn your mother, condemn her because she is not my wife and I am not her husband. Tell her to stop looking like a prostitute—get rid of the makeup and the provocative clothing.

٣ 3 لِئَلَّا أُجَرِّدَهَا عُرْيَانَةً وَأَوْقِفَهَا كَيَوْمِ وِلَادَتِهَا، وَأَجْعَلَهَا كَقَفْرٍ، وَأُصَيِّرَهَا كَأَرْضٍ يَابِسَةٍ، وَأُمِيتَهَا بِٱلْعَطَشِ.

Otherwise I will strip her naked as the day she was born, and make her like a desert, a barren land, and let her die of thirst.

٤ 4 وَلَا أَرْحَمُ أَوْلَادَهَا لِأَنَّهُمْ أَوْلَادُ زِنًى.

I will have no pity on her children because they are children of prostitution.

٥ 5 «لِأَنَّ أُمَّهُمْ قَدْ زَنَتِ. ٱلَّتِي حَبِلَتْ بِهِمْ صَنَعَتْ خِزْيًا. لِأَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: أَذْهَبُ وَرَاءَ مُحِبِّيَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُعْطُونَ خُبْزِي وَمَائِي، صُوفِي وَكَتَّانِي، زَيْتِي وَأَشْرِبَتِي.

For their mother was a prostitute who conceived them in a shameful way. She said, ‘I'll run after my lovers who give me my food and water, my wool and flax and olive oil, and my drink.’

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ هَأَنَذَا أُسَيِّجُ طَرِيقَكِ بِٱلشَّوْكِ، وَأَبْنِي حَائِطَهَا حَتَّى لَا تَجِدَ مَسَالِكَهَا.

That is why I am going to block her path with thorn bushes, and build a stone wall to stop her so she won't find her way.

٧ 7 فَتَتْبَعُ مُحِبِّيهَا وَلَا تُدْرِكُهُمْ، وَتُفَتِّشُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَجِدُهُمْ. فَتَقُولُ: أَذْهَبُ وَأَرْجِعُ إِلَى رَجُلِي ٱلْأَوَّلِ، لِأَنَّهُ حِينَئِذٍ كَانَ خَيْرٌ لِي مِنَ ٱلْآنَ.

When she runs after her lovers she won't catch up with them; she'll look for them but she won't find them. Then she'll say, ‘Let me go back to my former husband, because it was better for me then than now.’

٨ 8 «وَهِيَ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ أَنِّي أَنَا أَعْطَيْتُهَا ٱلْقَمْحَ وَٱلْمِسْطَارَ وَٱلزَّيْتَ، وَكَثَّرْتُ لَهَا فِضَّةً وَذَهَبًا جَعَلُوهُ لِبَعْلٍ.

She doesn't consider that it was me who gave her grain, new wine, and olive oil; the silver and the gold which I gave her abundantly that they made into an idol of Baal.

٩ 9 لِذَلِكَ أَرْجِعُ وَآخُذُ قَمْحِي فِي حِينِهِ، وَمِسْطَارِي فِي وَقْتِهِ، وَأَنْزِعُ صُوفِي وَكَتَّانِي ٱللَّذَيْنِ لِسَتْرِ عَوْرَتِهَا.

So I will take back my ripened grain and my new wine I gave at harvest time. I will take back my wool and my flax I provided to cover her nakedness.

١٠ 10 وَٱلْآنَ أَكْشِفُ عَوْرَتَهَا أَمَامَ عُيُونِ مُحِبِّيهَا وَلَا يُنْقِذُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ يَدِي.

I will strip her naked while her lovers watch; no one will be able to rescue her from me.

١١ 11 وَأُبَطِّلُ كُلَّ أَفْرَاحِهَا: أَعْيَادَهَا وَرُؤُوسَ شُهُورِهَا وَسُبُوتَهَا وَجَمِيعَ مَوَاسِمِهَا.

I will put a stop to all her festivities: her feasts, new moon celebrations, special Sabbaths—all her festivals.

١٢ 12 وَأُخَرِّبُ كَرْمَهَا وَتِينَهَا ٱللَّذَيْنِ قَالَتْ: هُمَا أُجْرَتِي ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَانِيهَا مُحِبِّيَّ، وَأَجْعَلُهُمَا وَعْرًا فَيَأْكُلُهُمَا حَيَوَانُ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ.

I will destroy her vines and fig trees that she said were given to her as payment for being a prostitute. I will turn them into scrub-land; only wild animals will eat the remaining fruit.

١٣ 13 وَأُعَاقِبُهَا عَلَى أَيَّامِ بَعْلِيمَ ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا كَانَتْ تُبَخِّرُ لَهُمْ وَتَتَزَيَّنُ بِخَزَائِمِهَا وَحُلِيهَا وَتَذْهَبُ وَرَاءَ مُحِبِّيهَا وَتَنْسَانِي أَنَا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

I will punish her for all the times she offered incense to Baal, dressing herself up, putting on rings and jewelry, going after her lovers, but forgetting about me, declares the Lord.

١٤ 14 «لَكِنْ هَأَنَذَا أَتَمَلَّقُهَا وَأَذْهَبُ بِهَا إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ وَأُلَاطِفُهَا،

See what I'm going to do! I will win her back, taking her into the desert where I will speak to her heart-to-heart.

١٥ 15 وَأُعْطِيهَا كُرُومَهَا مِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَوَادِي عَخُورَ بَابًا لِلرَّجَاءِ. وَهِيَ تُغَنِّي هُنَاكَ كَأَيَّامِ صِبَاهَا، وَكَيَوْمِ صُعُودِهَا مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

There I will return her vineyards to her and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond to me as she did when she was young, as in the time when she left the land of Egypt.

١٦ 16 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، أَنَّكِ تَدْعِينَنِي: رَجُلِي، وَلَا تَدْعِينَنِي بَعْدُ بَعْلِي.

Then on that day, says the Lord, you will call me ‘my husband’ and not ‘my Baal.’

١٧ 17 وَأَنْزِعُ أَسْمَاءَ ٱلْبَعْلِيمِ مِنْ فَمِهَا، فَلَا تُذْكَرُ أَيْضًا بِأَسْمَائِهَا.

I will stop her appealing to the Baals—their names won't be mentioned ever again.

١٨ 18 وَأَقْطَعُ لَهُمْ عَهْدًا فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ مَعَ حَيَوَانِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ وَطُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَدَبَّابَاتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَأَكْسِرُ ٱلْقَوْسَ وَٱلسَّيْفَ وَٱلْحَرْبَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ يَضْطَجِعُونَ آمِنِينَ.

At that time I will make a solemn agreement with the wild animals and the birds of the sky and the creeping things of the ground. I will do away with the bow and the sword; I will abolish war from the land so you can lie down in safety.

١٩ 19 وَأَخْطُبُكِ لِنَفْسِي إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. وَأَخْطُبُكِ لِنَفْسِي بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْإِحْسَانِ وَٱلْمَرَاحِمِ.

I will make you my wife forever; I will make you my wife in goodness and justice and love and mercy.

٢٠ 20 أَخْطُبُكِ لِنَفْسِي بِٱلْأَمَانَةِ فَتَعْرِفِينَ ٱلرَّبَّ.

I will be faithful to you, my wife, and you will know me as the Lord.

٢١ 21 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَنِّي أَسْتَجِيبُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، أَسْتَجِيبُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَهِيَ تَسْتَجِيبُ ٱلْأَرْضَ،

On that day, declares the Lord, I will answer the heavens and they will answer the earth.

٢٢ 22 وَٱلْأَرْضُ تَسْتَجِيبُ ٱلْقَمْحَ وَٱلْمِسْطَارَ وَٱلزَّيْتَ، وَهِيَ تَسْتَجِيبُ يَزْرَعِيلَ.

The earth will answer the grain, and the new wine, and the olive oil, and they shall answer, ‘Jezreel’ (God sows).

٢٣ 23 وَأَزْرَعُهَا لِنَفْسِي فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَأَرْحَمُ لُورُحَامَةَ، وَأَقُولُ لِلُوعَمِّي: أَنْتَ شَعْبِي، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: أَنْتَ إِلَهِي».

I will ‘sow’ her for myself in the earth. I will love Lo-ruhamah (unloved) and I will say ‘you are my people’ to Lo-ammi (not my people), and they will say ‘You are my God.’”